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um, in the u.s. what women have been allowed to do in the military if you go back to 1901 when we started the army nurse corpses, it depends on -- corps, it depends on, a, what the military needs, what women are already doing, and mixed into that is a great big dollop of what society thinks emotionally is fitting for women to do x. those things have changed over time. but every time something new opens for women, even if it was probable just moving from the desk to the standing up at the file cabinet -- [laughter] back during world war i involved this whole political discussion. um, the biggest mess that i've seen when things really erupted was in the mid '70s. e.r.a., most people thought it was going to pass, that's the equal rights amendment for those of you who weren't born then -- [laughter] um, there were some lawsuits out there by both men and women saying it's -- and members of congress saying it's time to open the service academies to women. that is the only change that i know of that's been
um, in the u.s. what women have been allowed to do in the military if you go back to 1901 when we started the army nurse corpses, it depends on -- corps, it depends on, a, what the military needs, what women are already doing, and mixed into that is a great big dollop of what society thinks emotionally is fitting for women to do x. those things have changed over time. but every time something new opens for women, even if it was probable just moving from the desk to the standing up at the file...
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our u.s. government does not have many contractors are being paid by them right now in afghanistan. >> host: why not? >> guest: because the records are so poor. we've got a pretty good handle on the prime contractors, but since working with a lot of stuff, there's no visibility of the there's no visibility in the subcontractor to estimate effect we are sending a letter out to every major contractors thing he was those. that's the pathetic thing. and we are 10 years into the war, almost 11 years, we don't even know who is getting our money. >> host: so how are you able to do your job? >> guest: with great difficulty. you know, we've got information. we get the prime but we have no visibility on the subs. that's a constant problem with the u.s. government in general. we don't know who the subs are. particularly when working with afghanistan. where we had a policy of afghan that we're going to try to get the afghans to do the work, unlike in iraq which mainly u.s. contractors, so you could reach
our u.s. government does not have many contractors are being paid by them right now in afghanistan. >> host: why not? >> guest: because the records are so poor. we've got a pretty good handle on the prime contractors, but since working with a lot of stuff, there's no visibility of the there's no visibility in the subcontractor to estimate effect we are sending a letter out to every major contractors thing he was those. that's the pathetic thing. and we are 10 years into the war,...
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the u.s. moreover will continue to import oil from the middle east, again on tankers, factor in the cost of trucking and railing the product to market over land, and the result, contrary to the claims of opponents, will be more emissions and a less secure distribution system without the keystone x.l. pipeline project. think about it. so we say okay, we're not going to have this pipeline, even though we have built other pipelines already. we're not going to get oil from canada. what happens? that oil goes to china, higher emissions. you are going to take it across the ocean which is greater risk than putting it in a pipeline. you will have it refined in refineries in china which have much worse emission standards than our own. and guess what we get to do. we don't get the jobs, we don't get the tax revenues. you know what we do get to do? we get to continue to import our oil from the middle east. how does that sound? is that a good idea with what's going on in iran and with what's going on in e
the u.s. moreover will continue to import oil from the middle east, again on tankers, factor in the cost of trucking and railing the product to market over land, and the result, contrary to the claims of opponents, will be more emissions and a less secure distribution system without the keystone x.l. pipeline project. think about it. so we say okay, we're not going to have this pipeline, even though we have built other pipelines already. we're not going to get oil from canada. what happens?...
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this holds true for u.s. citizens, legal residents, and for those unlawfully residing in the united states. i urge the members of this committee to keep that in mind as we begin our examination. america is a nation of immigrants. everyone among us can go back a few or several generations to our own relatives who came to america in search of a better life. we are also a nation of laws. i think we can all agree that our nation's immigration system is in desperate need of repair. it is not working as efficiently as it should be. the american people and members of congress have a lot of questions about how our legal immigration system should work. they have a lot of questions about wire immigration laws have not always been sufficiently enforced. they have a lot of questions about how a large-scale legalization program would work, what it would cost, and how it would present illegal immigration in the future. immigration reform must honor both of our foundations is the rule of ockham and our history as nations im
this holds true for u.s. citizens, legal residents, and for those unlawfully residing in the united states. i urge the members of this committee to keep that in mind as we begin our examination. america is a nation of immigrants. everyone among us can go back a few or several generations to our own relatives who came to america in search of a better life. we are also a nation of laws. i think we can all agree that our nation's immigration system is in desperate need of repair. it is not working...
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attorneys or the u.s. justice department has not effectively carried out their charge to represent the native american peoples in terms of prosecuting people who might have performed those acts. and what we've done with this solution is to trample on the bill of rights of every american who's not a native american. and i have no doubt, i'm 100% certain that this portion of the bill is going to be thrown out by the first federal judge that hears it. you cannot take away the rights of the u.s. citizen under the bill of rights at any time, anyplace,in any way. domestically. and what this bill does is totally eliminate the bill of rights for u.s. citizens in tribal courts, as most would not understand, is most tribal courts don't recognize our bill of rights. some do, but the vast majority do not. so are you guaranteed rights as a u.s. citizen, and are those rights enshrined in the constitution and the statutes of this government? and this republic? and can we as a senate forget about that and pass a law that
attorneys or the u.s. justice department has not effectively carried out their charge to represent the native american peoples in terms of prosecuting people who might have performed those acts. and what we've done with this solution is to trample on the bill of rights of every american who's not a native american. and i have no doubt, i'm 100% certain that this portion of the bill is going to be thrown out by the first federal judge that hears it. you cannot take away the rights of the u.s....
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the u.s. department of justice reported that the number of women killed by an intimate partner decreased by 35%. in 2012 it was reported that in one day alone 688 women and their children impacted by violence sought safety in an emergency shelter or received counseling, legal advocacy or children's support. while we may not agree on all the specifics of this reauthorization -- and there are portions of it that we will continue to negotiate on and to refine -- we do all agree on one very important idea, and that is that violence should not happen to anyone. and this critical legislation is very effective in helping to address that abuse in our society. as i said, there are parts of this legislation under which there still are concerns, and i am committed, as senator leahy is, to working with those who have concerns to make the bill better and more workable so that we can move it through to become law in this session of congress. but after we debate and after we work and define the legislation,
the u.s. department of justice reported that the number of women killed by an intimate partner decreased by 35%. in 2012 it was reported that in one day alone 688 women and their children impacted by violence sought safety in an emergency shelter or received counseling, legal advocacy or children's support. while we may not agree on all the specifics of this reauthorization -- and there are portions of it that we will continue to negotiate on and to refine -- we do all agree on one very...